Group-friendly and low-alcohol: Home Grown is a different kind of bottled cocktail
Emma Breheny Home Grown s Creamy Soda Highball, Ginger and Mango Spritz, and Strawberry and River Mint Spritz.
A group of Melbourne s most talented drinks wizards is bottling the Australian spirits boom with Home Grown, a range of large-format batched cocktails made entirely with local products.
Home Grown s current line-up stars Ned Whisky, Okar s Island bitter, Grainshaker vodka and Anther gin across two spritzes and a whisky highball that s reminiscent of cream soda.
The idea came from Worksmith s Michael Bascetta (also a co-owner of Bar Liberty and Capitano) and Roscoe Power, who wanted to offer the quality found in Australia s small-serve batched drinks but on a larger scale. Collaborating with Seb Reaburn (Anther Gin, Topshelf Spirits) and Fancy Free s Ryan Noreiks, they created the first release of Home Grown.
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A uniquely Australian spirit will enter the market in just a few months showcasing the flavours and innovation of the Whitsundays in the first of several steps of a major project.
Top Shelf International has revealed its new agave spirit will be market-ready in September, marking the major milestone for the Eden Lassie farm south of Bowen.
It will deliver a uniquely Whitsunday product to the Australian market which has proven to be among the largest consumers of tequila behind only the US and Mexico.
And all projections show that trend continuing, a factor Melbourne-based distiller Top Shelf International is keen to tap into, adding to its Ned Whisky and Grainshaker vodka product range.
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